Allardyce in shock

Is anyone not stunned by this?!

To be honest I'm not that stunned. As has been suggested by a few that 7-1 was never going to sit well with the new owners who let us not forget had already clashed with Sam by publicly calling for more entertaining play. Losing in such circumstances as yesterday was obviously the final straw.

Nice statement from Sam. Dignified.

Somehow I actually fear that Venkys will put some puppet at the helm who will accept indian players (nobodys) in the team in order to spread the Blackburn brand in india...and supplement them with Kentaro loans players....terrible!!

The silence coming from the club is deafening. Surely the John Williams will make a statement at the earliest opportunity or is his position also in doubt?

I think the owners must have somebody lined up already. Surely John Williams would have been told about this decision before it was official. I hope they don't just want a YES man to take charge of the players they want at the club.

This does not fill me with confidence in the new owners at all!! We didn't like the long ball tactics he employed but he got the job done and i don't think anyone can say he did too bad a job... He wasn't brilliant for us but he did rescue us after the Ince era. And for that i thank him always..

that's junk. i'm not pleased at all. let's get someone in quick to steady the ship though. december is critical. couldn't it wait till jan?

My thoughts aswell shire, Bad bad timing!! And if they do what redstarman says we could be in SERIOUS trouble!!!

As a Villa fan I know this is a bad thing to happen at this point of the season. It happened to us (Different circumstances, same result, no manager) just before the start of the season and we may be only just starting to recover from it now (I think !). What ever happens for you Rover fans, just be prepared because it may get worse before it gets better but hopefully your owners will do the right thing and get a fulltime manager quickly as having a caretaker manager between two different fulltime managers only sets you back even further, re Villa. And hopefully you get a manager asap becasuse the window is coming up and it would be a nice statement of commitment by the owners to cough up a good sum of money for new signings to strengthen your team, although as seen at Villa the summer window was wasted (Minus the Milner/Ireland deal) in the confusion. So hang in there Rover fans, have faith in your owners and whoever is managing and know that however silly their actions may seem, they have the team and the fans best interests at heart.

Indian players can't play in the PL, redstarman. They aren't in the top 100 in Fifa's rankings, so they can't play- its the rules. So you needn't worry about that.

Never been a fan but always felt safe that we'd never go down whilst he was at the club, this result leaves a very nasty taste in my mouth and im genuinely scared about the clubs future.

sads day for everyone who has a real care for rovers

he was so gracious in his words and you would just feel how disappointed he is and how much he has really enjoyed his time at blackburn...legend.

A few people moaned about him - I didn't want him appointed in the first place, but I backed him as he was our manager. Now I'm angry that he has been treated this way especially after the hard work he has put in to keep us in the premier league, give us a good cup run and now looked as though we'd have a safe season and aim for top ten rather than a relegation battle. Now with him gone, I think the situation is rocky - we need a good manager in place, not some muppet who is a yes man to these idiots. Unfortunatly I can't see many top managers wanting the job with little transfer funds and little say in the transfer market.

Unless of course this is all a big smokescreen and they have millions to spend?!

Seriously though? Kris Boyd and Geovanni?! If they are aiming for the top 4 with these players then they must be bonkers!!!